Live auction - fwo_354622 - GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I Essai 10 Lepta 1912 Paris

GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I Essai 10 Lepta 1912 Paris MS

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Estimate :	3 000 €
Price :	1 500 €
Maximum bid :	1 500 €
End of the sale :	19 April 2016 17:05:51
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Essai 10 Lepta

Date: 1912

Mint name / Town : Paris

Metal : nickel

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,09 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R3

Catalogue references :

KM20/E26

Obverse

Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN GREC).

Obverse description : dans le champ.

Obverse translation : (Roi de Grèce / 1912).

Reverse

Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN GREC // ESSAI // CH.PILLET).

Reverse description : chouette sur amphore.

Reverse translation : (10 Lepta).

Commentary

Cet essai a été gravé à Paris par Charles Pillet, premier grand prix de Rome de gravure en médailles en 1890. On ignore le nombre essai d’exemplaire de cet essai très rare.
This essay was engraved in Paris by Charles Pillet, first Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1890. The number of copies of this very rare essay is unknown.